EP3302794A1 - Epoxidierungsverfahren - Google Patents

Epoxidierungsverfahren

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EP3302794A1
EP3302794A1 EP16804417.0A EP16804417A EP3302794A1 EP 3302794 A1 EP3302794 A1 EP 3302794A1 EP 16804417 A EP16804417 A EP 16804417A EP 3302794 A1 EP3302794 A1 EP 3302794A1
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silver
temperature
present
porous body
catalyst
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Christelle Verrier
Wojciech L. Suchanek
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Scientific Design Co Inc
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  • the present invention relates to a method for operating a silver-based epoxidation catalyst.
  • ethylene oxide produced is further processed into ethylene glycol; about twenty percent of manufactured ethylene oxide is converted to other ethylene oxide derivatives and only a relatively small amount of ethylene oxide is used directly in applications such as vapor sterilization.
  • Temperature is also an important aspect of conditioning - as shown, for example, in the proposed start-up process disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 7,102,022 to Evans et al., which discloses contacting a Re-containing catalyst bed with a feed comprising oxygen and holding the temperature of the catalyst bed above 260°C for a period of time of up to 150 hours.
  • a similar technique is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 7,485,597 to Evans et al., but in this case the catalyst bed is held above 250°C. In both cases, after conditioning is completed and a peak selectivity value obtained, the temperature is lowered until the desired level of productivity is reached.
  • a method for improving the performance of a silver-based epoxidation catalyst comprising a carrier.
  • the carrier includes at least 80 percent alpha alumina and has a pore volume from 0.3 mL/g to 1.2 mL/g, a surface area from 0.3 m 2 /g to 3.0 m 2 /g, and a pore architecture that provides at least one of a tortuosity of 7 or less, a constriction of 4 or less and a permeability of 30 mdarcys or greater.
  • a catalytic amount of silver and a promoting amount of one or more promoters is disposed on and/or in said carrier.
  • the method further includes the steps of initiating an epoxidation reaction by reacting a feed gas composition containing ethylene and oxygen present in a ratio of from about 2.5: 1 to about 12: 1, in the presence of the silver-based epoxidation catalyst at a temperature of about 200°C to about 230°C, and subsequently increasing the temperature either stepwise or continuously.
  • Figure 1 is a graph for an ethylene oxide catalyst and process plotting the activity versus time for operation according to the prior art and according to the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a graph for an ethylene oxide catalyst and process plotting selectivity versus time for operation according to the prior art and according to the present invention.
  • the present invention is directed to an epoxidation process for use with catalysts that, when prepared upon carriers characterized by the pore architectures described in the present application, are particularly active and thus susceptible to surface modification, particularly in environments of relatively low ethylene to oxygen ratios.
  • the present invention will describe these carriers and their characterizing pore architecture in more detail, then describe the catalysts made upon them that are particularly active and highly susceptible to surface modification, and then describe the inventive epoxidation process, which includes primarily an epoxidation initiation process.
  • catalysts made upon carriers with the characterizing pore architecture described below are highly active and subject to surface modification, particularly when initiated at high temperatures in a gaseous environment having a relatively low ethylene to oxygen ratio.
  • superior performance can be obtained by avoiding such surface modification during the initiation process, in particular by conditioning at lower temperatures and especially by avoiding such environments.
  • Typical representations of porous body microstructures include the following measurable features and variety of their combinations: (1) Pore size distribution represented either as cumulative intrusion curves or as log differential size distributions, (2) Ranges of pore sizes with assigned specific pore volumes or pore volume fractions of total materials pore volumes, (3) BET surface area (4) Total pore volume, (5) Morphology of crystallites constituting the ceramic microstructure, such as platelets or fibers, and (6) Purity of the support expressed either as total purity or surface purity.
  • Tortuosity is determined by the ratio of the real length of flow path through a porous body to the shortest distance across that porous body [see, for example, B. Ghanbarian et al., Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 77, 1461-1477 (2013)].
  • Constriction is a function of the area ratio of large pores to small pores. Thus, lowering the values of tortuosity and/or constriction enhances the diffusive transport through a porous material, i.e., increases the effective diffusivity, which is very important for instance in catalytic applications.
  • permeability becomes important. Permeability indicates ability of fluids to flow through porous bodies and can be described by the Darcy's law shown in Equation 1, where V is fluid flow velocity, k is permeability, ⁇ is dynamic viscosity of the fluid, ⁇ is pressure difference across porous body with thickness of y—
  • porous bodies cannot be found in the literature to characterize porous architectures, particularly as- related to catalyst carriers for epoxidation of olefins.
  • porous architectures particularly as- related to catalyst carriers for epoxidation of olefins.
  • tortuosity, constriction or permeability which provide a pore architecture to a porous body that can achieve enhanced properties, especially in regard to catalyst performance.
  • the present invention provides porous bodies that have a pore architecture that has enhanced fluid transport properties, in particular effective gas diffusivity, and high mechanical integrity.
  • water absorption of the porous bodies was measured by placing a 10 g representative sample of a porous body into a flask, which was then evacuated to about 0.1 torr for 5 min. Subsequently, deionized water was aspirated into the evacuated flask to cover the porous bodies while maintaining the pressure at about 0.1 torr. The vacuum was released after about 5 minutes to restore ambient pressure, hastening complete penetration of water into the pores. Subsequently, the excess water was drained from the impregnated sample. Water absorption was calculated by dividing total water weight in the pores (i.e., wet mass - dry mass of the sample) by the weight of the dry sample at room temperature.
  • Equation 2 The tortuosity, ⁇ , was calculated from Equation 2, where D avg is weighted average pore size, k is permeability, p is true materials density, and I tot is total specific intrusion volume [See, AutoPore V Operator Manual, Micromeritics, 2014]:
  • Equation 3 The constriction, ⁇ , was calculated from Equation 3, where ⁇ is tortuosity and ⁇ is tortuosity factor, calculated from the Carnigilia equation [See, AutoPore V Operator Manual, Micromeritics, 2014]:
  • the permeability as defined by the Darcy's law (Eq. 1, above), can be calculated by combining Darcy's and Poiseuille'd equations [See, for example, Lowell et al. , Characterization of Porous Solids and Powders, Springer, 2006].
  • the permeability k is expressed by Equation 4, where ⁇ is tortuosity factor, P is materials porosity, and d is pore diameter: p3 d 2
  • Total porosity is defined as the void volume divided by the total volume of the sample. It can be calculated from mercury porosimetry or water absorption, using theoretical density of the carrier material.
  • Attrition measurements of the porous bodies were performed using a standard test method for attrition and abrasion of catalysts and catalyst carriers, ASTM Standard ASTM D4058.
  • SEM Scanning electron microscopy
  • the present invention provides a porous body that has a pore architecture that has enhanced fluid transport properties and high mechanical integrity.
  • the porous body of the present invention may be referred to as a porous ceramic body since it contains mainly alpha alumina particles.
  • the porous body of the present invention comprises at least 80 percent alpha alumina; the remainder being other oxides and/or non oxides and incidental impurities. More typically, the porous body of the present invention comprises from 85 percent alpha alumina to 99 percent alpha alumina, the remainder being other oxides and/or non oxides and incidental impurities.
  • the porous body of the present invention typically has a pore volume from 0.3 mL/g to 1.2 mL/g. More typically, the porous body of the present invention has a pore volume from 0.35 mL/g to 0.9 mL/g. In some embodiments of the present invention, the porous body of the present invention has a water absorption from 30 percent to 120 percent, with a range from 35 percent to 90 percent being more typical.
  • the porous body of the present invention typically has a surface area from 0.3 m 2 /g to 3.0 m 2 /g. In one embodiment, the porous body of the present invention has a surface area from 0.5 m 2 /g to 1.2 m 2 /g. In another embodiment body of the present invention has a surface area above 1.2 m 2 /g up to, and including, 3.0 m 2 /g. [0043]
  • the porous body of the present invention can be monomodal or multimodal such as, for example, bimodal.
  • the porous body of the present invention has a pore size distribution with at least one mode of pores in the range from 0.01 micrometers to 100 micrometers.
  • At least 90 percent of the pore volume of the porous body is attributed to pores having a pore size of 20 microns or less. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, at least 85 percent of the pore volume of the porous body is attributed to pores having a size from 1 micron to 6 microns. In yet a further embodiment of the present invention, less than 15, preferably less than 10, percent of the pore volume of the porous body is attributed to pores having a size of less than 1 micron. In still a further embodiment of the present invention, at least 80 percent of the pore volume of the porous body is attributed to pores having a size from 1 micron to 10 microns. In a particular aspect of the present invention, there are essentially no pores smaller than 1 micron.
  • the porous body of the present invention may be bimodal having a first set of pores from 0.01 microns to 1 micron and a second set of pores from greater than 1 micron to 10 microns.
  • the first set of pores may constitute less than 15 percent of the total pore volume of the porous body, while the second set of pores may constitute more than 85 percent of the total pore volume of the porous body.
  • the first set of pores may constitute less than 10 percent of the total pore volume of the porous body, while the second set of pores may constitute more than 90 percent of the total pore volume of the porous body.
  • the porous body of the present invention typically has a total porosity that is from 55 percent to 83 percent. More typically, the porous body of the present invention has a total porosity that is from 58 percent to 78 percent.
  • the porous body of the present invention typically has an average flat plate crush strength from 10 N to 150 N. More typically, the porous body of the present invention has an average flat plate crush strength from 40 N to 105 N. In some embodiments, the porous body of the present invention can have an attrition value that is less than 40%, preferably less than 25%. In some embodiments of the present invention, the porous body can have attrition less that 10%. [0047] In some embodiments of the present invention, the porous body has an initial low alkali metal content. By "low alkali metal content” it is meant that the porous body contains from 2000 ppm or less, typically from 30 ppm to 300 ppm, of alkali metal therein.
  • Porous bodies containing low alkali metal content can be obtained by adding substantially no alkali metal during the porous body manufacturing process.
  • substantially no alkali metal it is meant that only trace amounts of alkali metal are used during the porous body manufacture process as impurities from other constituents of the porous body.
  • a porous body having a low alkali metal content can be obtained by performing various washing steps to the porous body precursor materials used in forming the porous body. The washing steps can include washing in a base, an acid, water, or another solvent.
  • the porous body has an alkali metal content that is above the value mentioned above for the porous body having substantially no alkali metal content.
  • the porous body typically contains a measurable level of sodium on the surface thereof.
  • the concentration of sodium at the surface of the carrier will vary depending on the level of sodium within the different components of the porous body as well as the details of its calcination.
  • the porous body has a surface sodium content of from 2 ppm to 150 ppm, relative to the total mass of the porous body.
  • the porous body has a surface sodium content of from 5 ppm to 70 ppm, relative to the total mass of the carrier.
  • the sodium content mentioned above represents that which is found at the surface of the carrier and that which can be leached, i.e., removed, by nitric acid (hereafter referred to as acid-leachable sodium).
  • the quantity of acid leachable sodium present in the porous bodies of the present invention can be extracted from the catalyst or carrier with 10% nitric acid in deionized water at 100°C.
  • the extraction method involves extracting a 10-gram sample of the catalyst or carrier by boiling it with a 100 ml portion of 10% w nitric acid for 30 minutes (1 atm., i.e., 101.3 kPa) and determining in the combined extracts the relevant metals by using a known method, for example atomic absorption spectroscopy (See, for example, U.S. Patent No. 5,801,259 and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2014/0100379 Al).
  • the porous body may have a silica content, as measured as S1O 2 , of less than 0.2, preferably less than 0.1, weight percent, and a sodium content, as measured as Na 2 0, of less than 0.2 weight percent, preferably less than 0.1, weight percent.
  • the porous body of the present invention may have an acid leachable sodium content of 40 ppm or less.
  • the porous body comprises alumina crystallites having a platelet morphology in a content of less than 20 percent by volume. In some embodiments, alumina crystallites having a platelet morphology in a content of less than 10 percent by volume are present in the porous body of the present invention.
  • the porous body of the present invention has a pore architecture that provides at least one of a tortuosity of 7 or less, a constriction of 4 or less and a permeability of 30 mdarcys or greater.
  • aforementioned pore architecture has enhanced fluid transport properties and high mechanical integrity.
  • a porous body having the aforementioned pore architecture can exhibit improved catalyst properties.
  • the pore architecture of the porous body of the present invention has a tortuosity of 7 or less and/or a constriction of 4 or less.
  • the porous body has a pore architecture that provides a tortuosity of 7 or less.
  • the porous body of the present invention has a pore architecture that provides a tortuosity of 6 or less.
  • the porous body of the present invention has a pore architecture that provides a tortuosity of 5 or less.
  • the porous body of the present invention has a pore architecture that provides a tortuosity of 3 or less.
  • the lower limit of the tortuosity of the porous body of the present invention is 1 (theoretical limit).
  • the tortuosity can be any number bounded between 1 and 7.
  • the porous body has a pore architecture that provides a constriction of 4 or less. In another embodiment, the porous body of the present invention has a pore architecture that provides a constriction of 3 or less, or even 2 or less.
  • the lower limit of the constriction of the porous body of the present invention is 1. In some embodiments, the constriction can be any number bounded between 1 and 4.
  • the porous body has 2-4 times improved effective gas diffusivity due to the combination of low tortuosity and high porosity.
  • the porous body of the present invention has a pore architecture that provides a permeability of 30 mdarcys or greater.
  • the porous body of the present invention has a pore architecture that provides a permeability of 200 mdarcys or greater.
  • the porous bodies of the present invention can be prepared by first providing a precursor mixture comprising alpha alumina powders, non-silicate binder, burn-out materials, solvents, and lubricants.
  • a non-silicate binder is boehmite ( ⁇ - ⁇ ).
  • the non-silicate binder is dispersed into deionized water or another solvent.
  • the alpha alumina powder that is used in the precursor mixture is a milled alpha alumina powder that has a particle size from 0.1 microns to 6 microns. All components of the porous body precursor mixture are homogenously mixed.
  • the principle burnout material that can be used in the present invention comprises any conventional burnout material having a particle size from 1 micron to 10 microns.
  • Some examples of burnout materials that can be used as the principle burnout material include cellulose, substituted celluloses, e.g., methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, and
  • carboxyethylcellulose stearates (e.g., organic stearate esters, such as methyl or ethyl stearate), waxes, granulated polyolefins (e.g., polyethylene and polypropylene), walnut shell flour, and the like, which are decomposable at the firing temperatures used in preparation of the porous body.
  • stearates e.g., organic stearate esters, such as methyl or ethyl stearate
  • waxes e.g., granulated polyolefins (e.g., polyethylene and polypropylene), walnut shell flour, and the like, which are decomposable at the firing temperatures used in preparation of the porous body.
  • polyethylene having a particle size from 3 microns to 8 microns can be used as the principle burnout material.
  • paraffin or PTFE having a particle size from 1 micron to 9 microns can be used as the principal burnout material.
  • unmilled alpha alumina powder may be added to the precursor mixture.
  • the unmilled alpha alumina powder can be added to the precursor mixture mentioned above together with the milled alpha alumina powder.
  • the unmilled alpha alumina powder that can be used in the present invention may have an average particle size in a range from 10 microns to 100 microns.
  • the weight ratio of milled alpha alumina powder to unmilled alpha alumina powder can be from about 0.25:1 to about 5:1.
  • An auxiliary burnout material can be optionally added to the precursor mixture.
  • the auxiliary burnout material has a particle size that is greater than the particle size of the principle burnout material mentioned above.
  • the auxiliary burnout material may be a same, or different, burnout material as the principle burnout material.
  • graphite having a particle size from 3 microns to 10 microns can be used as the auxiliary burnout material.
  • paraffin or PTFE having a particle size from 1 micron to 9 microns can be used as the auxiliary burnout material.
  • the weight ratio of the principal burnout material to the auxiliary burnout material can be in a range from 1.1 to 5.4.
  • a conventional lubricant such as, for example, Petrolatum
  • the amount of lubricate that can be added at this point of the present invention may comprise the total amount of, or a partial amount, of the lubricate that used in forming the porous bodies of the present invention.
  • additional unmilled alpha alumina powder having a larger particle size than the previously mentioned unmilled alpha alumina powder may be added to the precursor mixture.
  • the weight ratio of milled alpha alumina powder to additional unmilled alpha alumina powder can be from about 0.2: 1 to about 5: 1.
  • additional lubricate can be added to the precursor mixture.
  • the precursor mixture mentioned above is then formed to provide a desired shape of the porous body.
  • the shape may vary and can be selected based upon the desired application of the resultant porous body that is eventually formed.
  • Forming of the precursor mixture is typically performed by pressing, extrusion, molding, casting, etc.
  • extruding may be performed using an extruder die that can produce hollow cylinder shapes which then can be cut to pieces of substantially equal length.
  • the extrudate after cutting is then dried using any conventional drying means. Subsequently, the dried extrudate can be transferred into a furnace in order to remove the water and burn out most of the burnout materials and other fillers that may be present.
  • heat treatment can be performed at temperatures from 100°C to 1,000°C with heating rates varying between 10°C/hr to 100°C/hr.
  • the extrudate can be sintered.
  • sintering may be performed in flowing air at a temperature from 1200°C to 1600°C.
  • the resultant porous body is cooled to room temperature.
  • the heating and cooling rates can be within a range from l°C/min up to 5°C/min. Other heating and cooling rates within a range from 0.5°C/min up to 20°C/min can also be used in the present invention for providing the porous bodies.
  • the porous body contains essentially only alumina, or alumina and boehmite components, in the absence of other metals or chemical compounds except that trace quantities of other metals or compounds may be present.
  • a trace amount is an amount low enough that the trace species does not observably affect functioning or ability of a catalyst prepared thereupon.
  • the porous body described above can be used as a catalyst carrier (i.e., catalyst support) which includes one or more catalytically active materials, typically metals, disposed on and/or in the porous body.
  • the one or more catalytically active materials can catalyze a specific reaction and are well known in the art.
  • the catalytically active material includes one or more transition metals from Groups 3-14 of the Periodic Table of Elements and/or Lanthanides. In such
  • one or more promoting species i.e., species that aide in a specific reaction
  • the one or more promoting species may be, for example, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, and/or an element from Groups 15-17 of the Periodic Table of Elements.
  • the porous body described above can also be used as a filter in which liquid or gas molecules can diffuse through the pores of the porous body described above.
  • the porous body can be placed along any portion of a liquid or gas stream flow.
  • the porous body described above can be used as a membrane.
  • the porous body of the present application can be particularly useful as a carrier for a silver-based epoxidation catalyst.
  • a catalytically effective amount of silver is disposed on and/or in the porous body.
  • the catalytic amount of silver is from 10% by weight to 50 % by weight.
  • the catalytic amount of silver may be achieved utilizing a single impregnation or multiple impregnations may be used, as described below, and calcinations, as also defined below.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst can be prepared by impregnating the porous body described above with silver ions, compounds, complexes, and/or salts dissolved in a suitable solvent sufficient to cause deposition of silver precursor compound onto and/or into the porous body.
  • the porous body described above can be simultaneously impregnated and incorporated with silver along with any additional desired promoter or additional promoter combination, by any of the conventional methods known in the art, e.g., by excess solution impregnation, incipient wetness impregnation, spray coating, and the like.
  • the porous body described above is placed in contact with the silver-containing solution until a sufficient amount of the solution is absorbed by the porous body.
  • Infusion of the silver-containing solution into the porous body can be aided by invention of a vacuum.
  • a single impregnation or a series of impregnations, with or without intermediate drying, may be used, depending in part on the concentration of the silver component in the solution.
  • Silver compounds useful for catalyst deposition by impregnation include, for example, silver oxalate, silver nitrate, silver oxide, silver carbonate, a silver carboxylate, silver citrate, silver phthalate, silver lactate, silver propionate, silver butyrate and higher fatty acid salts and combinations thereof.
  • the silver solution used to impregnate the carrier can contain any suitable solvent.
  • the solvent can be, for example, water-based, organic-based, or a combination thereof.
  • the solvent can have any suitable degree of polarity, including highly polar, moderately polar or non-polar, or substantially or completely non-polar.
  • the solvent typically has sufficient solvating power to solubilize the solution components.
  • complexing or solubilizing agents may be employed to solubilize silver to the desired concentration in the impregnating medium.
  • useful complexing or solubilizing agents include amines, ammonia, lactic acid and combinations thereof.
  • the amine can be an alkylene diamine having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
  • the solution comprises an aqueous solution of silver oxalate and ethylene diamine.
  • complexing/solubilizing agent may be present in the impregnating solution in an amount from about 0.1 moles to about 10 moles of ethylene diamine per mole of silver, preferably from about 0.5 moles to about 5 moles, and more preferably from about 1 moles to about 4 moles of ethylene diamine for each mole of silver.
  • the concentration of silver salt in the solution is typically in the range from about 0.1 % by weight to the maximum permitted by the solubility of the particular silver salt in the solubilizing agent employed. More typically, the concentration of silver salt is from about 0.5 % by weight of silver to 45 % by weight of silver, and even more typically, from about 5 % by weight of silver to 35 % by weight of silver.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst of the present invention may also include any one or more promoting species in a promoting amount.
  • the one or more promoting species can be incorporated into the porous body described above either prior to, coincidentally with, or subsequent to the deposition of the silver.
  • a promoting species can be incorporated into the porous body described above either prior to, coincidentally with, or subsequent to the deposition of the silver.
  • promoting amount of a certain component refers to an amount of that component that works effectively to provide an improvement in one or more of the catalytic properties of a subsequently formed catalyst when compared to a catalyst not containing the component.
  • silver-based epoxidation catalysts may include a promoting amount of a Group 1 alkali metal or a mixture of two or more Group 1 alkali metals.
  • Suitable Group 1 alkali metal promoters include, for example, lithium, sodium, potassium, cesium, rubidium, or combinations thereof.
  • a silver-based epoxidation catalyst including silver and one of lithium, sodium, potassium, cesium and rubidium can be provided in the present invention.
  • the amount of alkali metal will typically range from about 10 ppm to about 3000 ppm, more typically from about 15 ppm to about 2000 ppm, more typically from about 20 ppm to about 1500 ppm, and even more typically from about 50 ppm to about 1000 ppm by weight of the total catalyst, expressed in terms of the additional alkali metal.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst may also include a promoting amount of a Group 2 alkaline earth metal or a mixture of two or more Group 2 alkaline earth metals.
  • Suitable alkaline earth metal promoters include, for example, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium or combinations thereof. The amounts of alkaline earth metal promoters are used in similar amounts as the alkali metal promoters described above.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst may also include a promoting amount of a main group element or a mixture of two or more main group elements. Suitable main group elements include any of the elements in Groups 13 (boron group) to 17 (halogen group) of the Periodic Table of the Elements. In one example, a promoting amount of one or more sulfur compounds, one or more phosphorus compounds, one or more boron compounds or combinations thereof can be used.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst may also include a promoting amount of a transition metal or a mixture of two or more transition metals.
  • Suitable transition metals can include, for example, the elements from Groups 3 (scandium group), 4 (titanium group), 5 (vanadium group), 6 (chromium group), 7 (manganese group), 8-10 (iron, cobalt, nickel groups), and 11 (copper group) of the Periodic Table of the Elements, as well as
  • the transition metal is an early transition metal selected from Groups 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 of the Periodic Table of Elements, such as, for example, hafnium, yttrium, molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, chromium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, tantalum, niobium, or a combination thereof.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst includes silver, cesium, and rhenium. In another embodiment of the present invention, the silver-based epoxidation catalyst includes silver, cesium, rhenium and one or more species selected from Li, K, W, Zn, Mo, Mn, and S.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst may also include a promoting amount of a rare earth metal or a mixture of two or more rare earth metals.
  • the rare earth metals include any of the elements having an atomic number of 57-71, yttrium (Y) and scandium (Sc). Some examples of these elements include lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), and samarium (Sm).
  • the transition metal or rare earth metal promoters are typically present in the silver- based epoxidation catalyst in an amount of from about 0.1 micromoles per gram to about 10 micromoles per gram, more typically from about 0.2 micromoles per gram to about 5 micromoles per gram, and even more typically from about 0.5 micromoles per gram to about 4 micromoles per gram of total catalyst, expressed in terms of the metal.
  • All of the aforementioned promoters, aside from the alkali metals, can be in any suitable form, including, for example, as zerovalent metals or higher valent metal ions.
  • the impregnated porous alumina body is removed from the solution and calcined for a time sufficient to reduce the silver component to metallic silver and to remove volatile decomposition products from the silver- containing porous alumina body.
  • the calcination is typically accomplished by heating the impregnated porous alumina body, preferably at a gradual rate, to a temperature in a range of about 200°C to about 600°C, more typically from about 200°C to about 500°C, more typically from about 250°C to about 500°C, and more typically from about 200°C or 300°C to about 450°C, at a reaction pressure in a range from about 0.5 to about 35 bar.
  • a wide range of heating periods have been described in the art for the thermal treatment of impregnated carriers. See, for example, U.S. Patent No. 3,563,914, which indicates heating for less than 300 seconds, and U.S. Patent No. 3,702,259, which discloses heating from 2 to 8 hours at a temperature of from 100°C to 375°C to reduce the silver salt in the catalyst.
  • a continuous or step-wise heating program may be used for this purpose.
  • the impregnated porous alumina body carrier is typically exposed to a gas atmosphere comprising oxygen, such as air, or an inert gas, such as nitrogen, or both.
  • the inert gas may also include a reducing agent as well known in the art.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst mentioned above can be used in a method for the vapor phase production of ethylene oxide by conversion of ethylene to ethylene oxide in the presence of oxygen.
  • the ethylene oxide production process is conducted by continuously contacting an oxygen-containing gas with ethylene in the presence of the above described silver-based epoxidation catalyst at a temperature in the range from about 180°C to about 330°C, more typically from about 200°C to about 325°C, and more typically from about 225 °C to about 280°C, at a pressure which may vary from about atmospheric pressure to about 30 atmospheres depending on the mass velocity and productivity desired.
  • Typical process for the oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide comprises the vapor phase oxidation of ethylene with molecular oxygen in the presence of the catalyst of the present invention in a fixed bed, tubular reactor.
  • Conventional commercial fixed bed ethylene oxide reactors are typically in the form of a plurality of parallel elongated tubes (in a suitable shell). In one embodiment, the tubes are approximately 0.7 to 2.7 inches O.D. and 0.5 to 2.5 inches I.D. and 15-45 feet long filled with the silver- based epoxidation catalyst described above.
  • the silver-based epoxidation catalyst described above has been shown to be a particularly selective catalyst in the oxidation of ethylene with molecular oxygen to ethylene oxide. Selectivity values of at least about 83 mol % up to about 93 mol % are typically achieved. In some embodiments, the selectivity is from about 87 mol % to about 93 mole %.
  • the conditions for carrying out such an oxidation reaction in the presence of the silver-based epoxidation catalyst described above broadly comprise those described in the prior art.
  • reactor feed components e.g., nitrogen, carbon dioxide, steam, argon, and methane
  • moderating agents e.g., 1, 2-dichloroethane, vinyl chloride or ethyl chloride
  • the desirability of employing recycle operations or applying successive conversion in different reactors to increase the yields of ethylene oxide and any other special conditions which may be selected in processes for preparing ethylene oxide.
  • the reactant feed mixture typically contains from about 0.5 to about 45 % ethylene and from about 3 to about 15 % oxygen, with the balance comprising comparatively inert materials including such substances as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, argon and the like. Only a portion of the ethylene is typically reacted per pass over the catalyst. After separation of the desired ethylene oxide product and removal of an appropriate purge stream and carbon dioxide to prevent uncontrolled build up of inert products and/or by-products, unreacted materials are typically returned to the oxidation reactor.
  • the process of ethylene oxide production includes the addition of oxidizing gases to the feed to increase the efficiency of the process.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5, 112,795 discloses the addition of 5 ppm of nitric oxide to a gas feed having the following general composition: 8 volume % oxygen, 30 volume % ethylene, about 5 ppmw ethyl chloride, and the balance nitrogen.
  • the resulting ethylene oxide that is produced can be separated and recovered from the reaction products using methods known in the art.
  • the ethylene oxide process may include a gas recycle process wherein a portion or substantially all of the reactor effluent is readmitted to the reactor inlet after substantially removing the ethylene oxide product and byproducts.
  • carbon dioxide concentrations in the gas inlet to the reactor may be, for example, from about 0.3 to about 6, preferably from about 0.3 to about 2.0, volume percent.
  • the full production stage of catalyst operation described above is preceded by an initiation phase.
  • the initiation phase starts with the fresh, unused catalyst and proceeds by reacting a feed gas composition containing ethylene, oxygen, carbon dioxide, chlorides and other feed gas components in the presence of the silver-based epoxidation catalyst at a temperature of about 200°C to about 230°C.
  • a feed gas composition containing ethylene, oxygen, carbon dioxide, chlorides and other feed gas components in the presence of the silver-based epoxidation catalyst at a temperature of about 200°C to about 230°C.
  • the temperature during initiation is much lower.
  • reactor feed has a relatively high ethylene to oxygen ratio. Accordingly, the molar ratio of ethylene: oxygen in the feed is preferably from about 2.5: 1 to about 12: 1.
  • the feed contains about 20 mol% to about 35 mol% ethylene and about 3 mol% to 8 mol% oxygen.
  • the present invention does not require high concentration of carbon dioxide so that preferably the feed gas contains less than 2 mol% carbon dioxide.
  • the temperature is subsequently increased either stepwise or continuously. If stepwise, the temperature is increased to one or more higher temperatures above the initial temperature, with each separate temperature step or increase being about 5°C to about 10°C than the previous temperature step and with each temperature being held or maintained before being increased to the next temperature level for at least about 5 hours, preferably between about 10 hours to about 100 hours, more preferably between about 20 hours to about 75 hours.
  • stepwise temperature increase of about 5°C to about 10°C to a second temperature which is maintained for about 10 hours to about 100 hours and then subsequently a stepwise increase of about 5°C to about 10°C to a third temperature which is maintained for about 10 hours to about 100 hours.
  • the temperature may be subsequently increased to a second temperature about 5°C to 10°C than the initial temperature and held at the second temperature for about 25 hours to about 100 hours and then subsequently there is a stepwise increase to a third temperature again about 5°C to 10°C than the initial temperature and held at the third temperature for about 25 hours to about 100 hours.
  • the catalyst is then ready to operate at normal production levels.
  • An especial advantage of the present invention is that unlike in prior art process, in the present invention the initiation phase is operated at temperature levels and reactor feed compositions (e.g., ethylene, oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels) that are normal and typical for full production in an ethylene oxide plant. Unlike in prior art processes where an adjustment phase is necessary to lower temperatures from highly elevated levels and to adjust feed gas compositions containing high C02 and relatively low ethylene to oxygen ratios, in the present invention the initiation phase leads naturally into "lined-out" levels at normal EO process production values. Thus, in the present invention the temperature is continually increased as described above until ethylene oxide production levels comparable to full production levels are reached, during which the ⁇ is greater than about 1.5%, preferably greater than about 2.5%, more preferably in the range of 2.0% to 4.0% .
  • reactor feed compositions e.g., ethylene, oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels
  • the feed composition in the first microreactor was: 30% ethylene, 7% oxygen, 1% carbon dioxide and the balance nitrogen while maintaining chloride levels between 0.5 and 6 ppm.
  • ethylene to oxygen ratio in the feed gas.
  • the process in the second microreactor was operated according to the prior art with the catalyst being conditioned or initiated under a relatively low ethylene to oxygen ratio atmosphere of 8% ethylene, 4% oxygen, 4% carbon dioxide, and 1 ppm chlorides at a temperature of 255°C for 100 hours after which the feed composition to the second microreactor was changed to 30% ethylene, 7% oxygen, 1% carbon dioxide, and 1 ppm chlorides; with the temperature being lowered at the completion of initiation as shown in Figure 1.

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